I have never thought of it like that, that they are hated because they are chosen. I have always thought they were hated because Satan despises God and tries to destroy all that God loves and does. I can't think of any OT verses off the top of my head to back that up, but Revelation 12, where the Serpent tries to destroy the woman (Israel) teaches that idea.And people wonder why the Jews have been hated since the Old Testament has spread it's poison over the world. Fucking chosen-people complex. Even the Hindis have expressed their disdain on this, and they are a peaceful people!
The way I understand it is that beginning with Adam and Eve, we have all been wanted by God, but we have chosen to depart from God, starting with Adam and Eve. Even with Cain, God actually talked out loud to him, trying to encourage him to do what was right, yet Cain did his own thing (killed his brother) instead. And the pattern of people doing their own thing continued down until ONLY Noah was right with God. Because of that, God chose Noah and his family, to save them from destruction and start over with the human race.
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him:9 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you.
Genesis 9:8, 9
Genesis 9:8, 9
From God's perspective, He had reached out and even specially worked with some people, but it didn't take long for the majority of of the population to turn away from God.
Abraham seems to come from a family that had some knowledge of God, but even Terah, his own father, was an idol worshiper.
So, God decided to work mainly with one person, Abraham, although there were other believers at that time (Shem was still living). God tested Abraham by seeing if he would offer us his son Isaac as a sacrifice, yet stopped him from actually going through with it. Passing this test meant a lot to God and because of that, God made this promise to Abraham:
15 Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— 17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” Genesis 22:15-18 NKJV
Also, although Jews won't see it this way, for Christians, we understand that this was very important to God because God would one day actually give up His own Son for us. Abraham was willing to give up his son for God, and God was willing to give up His Son for us.
The point I'm trying to make is that it's people that choose not to follow God. God works with those who follow Him. Even though God did make promises to lead the Israelites in a special relationship with them, foreigners were always welcome to convert to God.
Also note that the promise made to Abraham for being willing to give up his son, also resulted in a blessing for ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH.
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